EMP705 - English and Literacy in Upper Primary

Year:

2026 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 3: Online

From 2027
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 3: Online

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule: This unit is only available to students enrolled in E762, E765, E778
Prerequisite:

EMP703

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided)

1 x 3-hour on-campus seminars per week for 6 weeks (weeks TBA)

Scheduled learning activities - online:

1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided)

1 x 3-hour online seminars per week for 6 weeks (weeks TBA)

Content

This unit is the third of three English and Literacy related units, designed to prepare contemporary primary school teachers of language, literacy and literature. This unit examines the development of speaking and listening, writing and creating, and reading, viewing and comprehending of texts in the middle years of primary schooling (years three to six). It explores print literacy development in the middle years of school, together with a range of broader literacies, including digital, multimodal, and visual literacies. In this unit, pre-service teachers learn to plan effective lessons, units, and programmes for diverse language, literacy, and literature learners in upper primary. Throughout the trimester, preservice teachers engage with a variety of literacy learning theories, assessments, and pedagogical approaches, learning to justify how, when, and why to utilise different approaches across their classroom programs.

Unit fee information

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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